A man from Călăraşi, who cruelly murdered his own mother, will spend the next decades behind bars.

According to prosecutors, in February, the 30-year-old man, while drunk, begun fighting with the deceased woman. It resulted in the mother being hit with a piece of concrete, afterward her clothes being set on fire. The 59-year-old victim has passed away a few hours later in the regional hospital.

For voluntary manslaughter made with cruelty, the man was sentenced to 20 years under lockdown.

The sentence can be appealed.